The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1887-04-28

that with tEas Hire theg skSfSssd Gordon charter
can b 0tijized, People who contemplaae st
ting In Florida should visit ihe State during the
simmer months and satisfy themselves as 10 the
In summer u Tar 1rre- preferable than many
places Sin ake HSAJh. sHere ~ dove eA0ling
showers almost dailyy sud COIL and refreshing
breezes from either the Atlantic or the Gulf and
the nights are cool and comfortable By all
means make visit to Florida during the sum-
mer, and see for yo6rscif what our summer eli
mAte b liza f.sssA,fI 1lS Fsss us>x
Tampa Tribune: The schooner Silver
Spray, from Apalachicola, arrived in port day
or two ago with q full cargo Of shingles and
canned oysters. The oysters were canned in
Apalachicola by II w.. Smith & Co. Messrs.
Miller and Henderson purchased the entire lot,
and, from sample can which was sent to our
ONCE, we would pronounce them superior to any
pat up on the eastern coast They are very
much larger than Northern cove oysters and
have much finer favor. Miller & Henderson
will keep theh in stock hereafter to the exeiu-
sion Of other brands. Mr. Horace Anderson,
Of the Pemberten Ferry branch of the South
Florida Railr0nd, called "A tour efice Monday.
II was the occasion of his sixtieth birthday,
although to look al him one would think him to
be At least . score OF years younger Mr. Ander-
son comes OF q healthy and long lived family.
His father lived to tho advanced age of 1903 years,
keeping all Ibis 6ssnies upimpared until his
death, which occurred in 1888 His grandfather
on his mothers side Joined the Confederate
army at the age of -, fighting through the war
alongside lis grandson. Mr. Anderson says that
he expects to equal, ii not break, the excellent
record OF his father. thing which he seems
capable Of doing. He left on Monday night for
New York, where he goes on business connected
with his mercantile house in Richiand.
Orlando Reporter If the erection of new
residences and brick business houses in every
quarter of the city, street railway lines in full
blast, waterworks being put in, gas plant
being purchased, additional fire apparatus COM
ing opening and grading Of new streets, putting
down of concrete pavements, opening of new
business houses, the Inauguration of new indus
tries the finest market house and best conducted
marketin tha State. the opening of q thoroughly
fitted up gymnasium, a driving park association
with mile track around the margins of love-
ly little lake, the finest cornet band in the State
new railroads, prosperous military company,
thriving civic and social organizations, an enter
prising board of trade, daily morning paper,
the setting out of orange groves in every direc-
ton, and the possession of some of the hand
ss'mest ladies and prettiest babies in the State
are the symptoms of boom then we have one
on hand that has come to stay, and don't you
forget it. The frogs will hold no more jubilees
around The South Florida depot. The lakes in
that vicinity where they were wont TO gather
have been filled up.....W. K Speir is putting
up eight tenement cottages 10 West Orlando TOR
F. A Lewter, of the Lewter s. Beacham real
estate agency. This same gentleman has recently
completed the erection Of three cottages, and is
at work upon another one Cor F. R. Webber, of
this city. He has purchased seventy thousand
shingles from Joseph Bumby. so far, this month
=. Nearly one hundred and fifty men are at
work upon the Orlando and Winter Park Rail-
road, the estimated cost of hich will be $40 600
Nearly all the stock has been taken, and ii is
expected that trains will be running BY the first
ofSeptember.